Superman: Escape from Krypton
This ride is very similar to
Australia's Tower of Terror
at the Dreamworld
theme park. Both shared the title of the fastest amusement park ride
on the planet since the trains were accelerated by the LSMs to 100 miles per
hour. Six Flags bragged that this was the world's fastest roller coaster, but technical issues
that delayed its opening allowed
Tower of Terror to officially premiere first, so that coaster is considered
to be the first amusement park ride to achieve 100 miles per hour.
The two rides are similar but not identical. The primary difference is that Superman has two tracks but Tower of Terror, which is actually called Tower of Terror II now, only has one track.
©2011 Joel A. Rogers.